- From: Michael A. Puls II <shadow2531@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:08:32 -0400
On 10/25/07, Vlad Alexander (xhtml.com) <vlad.alexander at xhtml.com> wrote: > Request for the HTML 5 forms section: > > Alternate content such as form controls should not participate in the HTTP POST if the <object> can be rendered. In this example, if logo.gif can be rendered, then data from <textarea> should not be send to the server: > > <object data="logo.gif" type="image/gif" width="180" height="60"> > <textarea id="abc" name="abc" rows="5" cols="70">Hello World!</textarea> > </object> > > Here is a test page for the above example: > http://misc.xstandard.com/mozilla/alternate-content1.asp > > This causes problems for plug-ins loaded via the <object> element. In this example, the same "name" is used for both the <object> and <textarea> elements because most CMS expect only one field to be submitted from a control. > > <object name="abc" type="application/x-xstandard"> > <param name="Value" value="some text" /> > <textarea name="abc">more text</textarea> > </object> > > In the above example, data is sent to the server from both the plug-in (correct) and the alternate content (incorrect). > > IE and Opera support this. The HTML 5 spec should formally define this behavior. Yes, I agree. For this situation, what Opera and IE do is desired. For reference, are there any webkit and mozilla bugs files on this? -- Michael
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